Dearest everyone,

I can not apologize enough for my neglect. Please understand that I have just started university for the first time and between that and work have not had much time to myself let alone to write. I am still doing my best to write when I can but I must regretfully announce that I will no longer be able to post chapters weekly like I have done so in the past, they will have be posted as they come. I hope my awful carelessness has not deterred any of you from reading this story, as seeing the wide range of countries and peoples that are (hopefully) enjoying it brings great happiness to me.

I am going to post 2 chapters tonight. 1. As a token of apology, and 2. Because I personally feel chapter 15 is kind of filler-ish, but that could be because I've read it countless times.

Many, many thank yous to Mayaki alias La-Faucheuse, Decadence-21, SweetLittleAnimeGirl, DarkCielo20 and AgentChan for favoring this story!

Huge thanks to Your Guardian Angel In The Sky, SweetLittleAnimeGirl, Jhessika, sarina20188 and Lord of the 13 hells for following this journey!

Super thanks to NeonSheep for following me as an author! ❤️

Dear sarge1130,

To the crew, Enyo currently seems like a delicate little flower since she can't (technically) fight and, well she's a woman (not gonna sugarcoat it, sexism exists in the one piece world and nobody's perfect.). Jean Bart can certainly relate to Enyo, but he's also a wise man who won't trust so quickly, he is loyal to his captain but wary of reality. As for those "insolent pigs", I'll let this chapter speak for itself 😉.

Dear Apple Bloom,

Enyo's fate will be revealed in this chapter and the next...

Chapter 15 Payback

The doors of Eddie's tavern slowly creaked open, revealing only a dark silhouette blackened out by the bright sun behind it. 'What luck, they're still here...'

. . .

Enyo let out a satisfied sigh as she checked herself over in the full body mirror. Her hands slid down waist to hips feeling the fit as she scrutinised various angles. The black dress with yellow polka dots had a sweetheart neckline and halter straps, came in at the waist then flared out slightly reaching just past her knees. "Shopkeeper?" she called and soon a short man in a pink suit with an obvious toupee rushed in. "Yes Madam?" He said overenthusiastically. "I like this one too, but I want to wear it out of the shop. Would you put it on the bill for me?" "Of course my lady! If you like I have a lovely pair of shoes that would look just perfect with that dress!"

"I'll take a look."

"Splendid!" the small man said clapping his hands together...

"My my, how innocent I look." Enyo said with a giggle. The shoes were yellow pumps with a small ankle strap that had a black buckle. Happy with the outfit Enyo went to pay for her things "That will be 1,300 Beli miss." the little pink man said with a beaming smile. "uh huh, and a discount for bulk purchase?" she replied with an equally forced smile. "Of course! 1,200" "What was that price again?" Enyo asked, fluttering the only set of lashes that weren't wrapped in gauze.

...

'UNBELIEVEABLE! 1,050! MY LOOKS ARE WORTH WAY MORE THAN A MEASILY 150 BELI! TCH, tight-ass.' Enyo silently fumed as she walked down the main street. Her thoughts were interrupted when she noticed someone about 100 metres away walking straight towards her. 'Its the captain. He must be doing some shopping too... I wonder if he'll like my new dress? (0o0!) what am I thinking! Why do I care if he likes my clothes or not? I don't dress for anybody!'. Before she knew it they were face to face.

"Hello Enyo-ya."

"Captain" she nodded.

"I see you've been quite busy." Law commented as he glanced at the many shopping bags his new crewmember was carrying. She resembled a pack-mule of sorts.

"Oh, you have no idea."

"Actually yes, I do."

. . .

The tavern doors were pushed open either side by a serious looking Bepo and Dorian, allowing their captain unhindered entrance. The bear gazed across the dining area in search of the perpetrators as did Dorian. Their brows knotted in frustration as they failed to locate their targets. "Hey you!" the young pirate said to a passing waiter. The spindly man who was already on edge nearly jumped out of his skin and rushed over to serve them "Y-Y-Yes my lords, h-how can I help you?" "Where are the two men who were sitting over there?" Dorian continued, pointing at the table those disrespectful creatures sat at. The waiter paled as if he'd seen a ghost, and began to shake more than he already was. He took a large dry gulp and began raising his right hand, and with a wide eyed, deathly expression the waiter pointed upwards. Cautiously, Law and his crew looked up towards the high ceiling and noticed two figures draped over a support beam like washing. "Its them!" Dorian gasped. The men were unconscious, their pants hanging around their feet and their rears growing red. Law analysed the scene but before he could say anything another man burst out from the back "HEY! I remember you two! You were here earlier with that crazy broad!" ... "Enyo did this?" Bepo said in surprise, the man just looked at him like he was weird (and lets face it, a talking bear is pretty weird.) "Look. I dunno what an Enyo is, but one minute everything's fine, the next I hear screamin. So I comes out and here's this chick beatin the crap outta dem two guys!" he said gesturing to the bodies slung over the rafters. Law levelled his gaze and Bart glanced at his captain, seeing a smirk creep up onto his features, while Dorian and Bepo still stared at the burning derrieres dumbstruck. "We're done here." Law said as he turned and left the restaurant. Snapping out of their daze the boy and bear caught up the other two "I never thought she would be capable of such a thing..." the young pirate mused aloud. "Dorian. We've only just met her, we have no idea what she's capable of... Or what her true nature is." Bart's rugged voice raised an excellent point, and The boys cerulean eyes cast themselves to the earth and he went deep in thought "It's fine." Law spoke calmly and undaunted "You guys just let me worry about miss Enyo. However If you see her before I do, do not speak to her of what we saw." "Why not?" Bepo asked "She obviously didn't want yous to know or get involved, otherwise she wouldn't have come alone." Bart once again piped up with another nugget of wisdom. "Captain?" the ebony haired boy addressed his equally dark haired superior "What is it Dorian?" "Are you going to go look for her?" Law looked at his subordinate and saw the worry in his eyes, it was obvious that he'd grown quite fond of his new crewmate "Yes."

"What will you do once you find her?"

"You needn't concern yourself with that." Law said flatly, he wasn't planning anything sinister, but he needed to keep his crew in line and questioning his decisions was unacceptable. Once again the Dorian's eyes met with the ground and the four walked in silence till the fork in the road, with Law heading to the city and the others back to the sub.

...

"ARE YOU SERIOUS!?" Sachi gaped at Bepos telling of Enyo's recent exploit. "Bepo! We're not supposed to talk about that!" Dorian chided "Captain said not to talk to Enyo about it, not that we couldn't tell anybody else." the bear stated as a matter-of-factly. The sonar operator was the only one who couldn't make Bepo apologize for some reason, and that sucked. "WAIT A MINUTE!" Penguin said in sudden realisation, then folded one arm and cupped his chin with the other like a detective "What if... She's into that kinda stuff?" Both Penguin and Sachi receded into their minds {There she stood, a devious dominatrix in all her provocative glory "My, My. looks like you boys need a good spanking!"} "YES MAM!" they both shouted in unison, steam beginning to rush from their nostrils, followed shortly by spurts of blood.

Later that night . . .

After a pleasant shower Enyo changed into her new pyjamas, which consisted simply of a tank top & shorts. Crawling into bed she pulled the covers up and laid her head down, but found herself unable to sleep. After 20 minutes of tossing & turning she still couldn't shake the strange feeling. It was like an unfamiliar entity was present on the sub. Throwing her blankets off Enyo crept out into the cold steel halls of the ship, it was eerie and silent as she padded barefoot towards the direction where the odd presence was coming from. The deeper she descended the cooler the air became and soon Enyo found herself desperately trying to rub the goose-bumps off her skin. Then she hesitated 'wait! What if, its a ghost!' (O_O) ... ( TT^TT ) 'Maybe i'll just go back to bed...' she turned around slowly, but didn't even get halfway through the first step when a noise came from one of the storage rooms, causing her to freeze on the spot . Turning back painfully, Enyo gulped as she began to reach for the handle, she was only a hairs width away when it began to jiggle. Someone, or something was on the other side, and it was about to come out.